The Births of Kripa, Drona and Ashvatthaman

Verse 1 (1.140.1)

कृपस्यापि मम ब्रह्मन्संभवं वक्तुमर्हसि । शरस्तम्बात्कथं जज्ञे कथं वाऽस्त्राण्यवाप्तवान् ॥

kṛpasyāpi mama brahmansaṃbhavaṃ vaktumarhasi | śarastambātkathaṃ jajñe kathaṃ vā'strāṇyavāptavān

Janamejaya said: "O brahmin, tell me also of the birth of Kripa. How was he born from a clump of reeds, and how did he obtain his weapons?"

Verse 2 (1.140.2)

महर्षेर्गौतमस्यासीच्छरद्वान्नाम गौतमः । पुत्रः किल महाराज जातः सहशरैर्विभो ॥

maharṣergautamasyāsīccharadvānnāma gautamaḥ | putraḥ kila mahārāja jātaḥ sahaśarairvibho

Vaishampayana said: The great seer Gautama had a son named Sharadvan, a Gautama by lineage, who, it is said, great king, was born together with arrows, O mighty one.

Verse 3 (1.140.3)

न तस्य वेदाध्ययने तथा बुद्धिरजायत । यथास्य बुद्धिरभवद्धनुर्वेदे परन्तप ॥

na tasya vedādhyayane tathā buddhirajāyata | yathāsya buddhirabhavaddhanurvede parantapa

His mind did not take to the study of the Vedas as it took to the science of archery, O scorcher of foes.

Verse 4 (1.140.4)

अधिजग्मुर्यथा वेदास्तपसा ब्रह्मचारिणः । तथा स तपसोपेतः सर्वाण्यस्त्राण्यवाप ह ॥

adhijagmuryathā vedāstapasā brahmacāriṇaḥ | tathā sa tapasopetaḥ sarvāṇyastrāṇyavāpa ha

Just as brahmacharins master the Vedas through austerity, so he, rich in austerity, obtained all the weapons.

Verse 5 (1.140.5)

धनुर्वेदपरत्वाच्च तपसा विपुलेन च । भृशं सन्तापयामास देवराजं स गौतमः ॥

dhanurvedaparatvācca tapasā vipulena ca | bhṛśaṃ santāpayāmāsa devarājaṃ sa gautamaḥ

Through his devotion to archery and his vast austerity, Gautama greatly troubled Indra, king of the gods.

Verse 6 (1.140.6)

ततो जालवतीं नाम देवकन्यां सुरेश्वरः । प्राहिणोत्तपसो विघ्नं कुरु तस्येति कौरव ॥

tato jālavatīṃ nāma devakanyāṃ sureśvaraḥ | prāhiṇottapaso vighnaṃ kuru tasyeti kaurava

Then the lord of the gods sent a divine maiden named Jalavati, telling her, "Put an obstacle in the way of his austerity," O Kaurava.

Verse 7 (1.140.7)

सा हि गत्वाऽऽश्रमं तस्य रमणीयं शरद्वतः । धनुर्बाणधरं बाला लोभयामास गौतमम् ॥

sā hi gatvā''śramaṃ tasya ramaṇīyaṃ śaradvataḥ | dhanurbāṇadharaṃ bālā lobhayāmāsa gautamam

Going to the lovely hermitage of Sharadvan, the young woman tempted Gautama as he stood holding his bow and arrows.

Verse 8 (1.140.8)

तामेकवसनां दृष्ट्वा गौतमोऽप्सरसं वने । लोकेऽप्रतिमसंस्थानां प्रोत्फुल्लनयनोऽभवत् ॥

tāmekavasanāṃ dṛṣṭvā gautamo'psarasaṃ vane | loke'pratimasaṃsthānāṃ protphullanayano'bhavat

Seeing that apsara in the forest, clad in a single garment, of a form unequalled in the world, Gautama gazed at her with eyes wide open.

Verse 9 (1.140.9)

धनुश्च हि शरास्तस्य कराभ्यामपतन्भुवि । वेपथुश्चास्य सहसा शरीरे समजायत ॥

dhanuśca hi śarāstasya karābhyāmapatanbhuvi | vepathuścāsya sahasā śarīre samajāyata

His bow and arrows fell from his hands to the ground, and a sudden trembling arose in his body.

Verse 10 (1.140.10)

स तु ज्ञानगरीयस्त्वात्तपसश्च समर्थनात् । अवतस्थे महाप्राज्ञो धैर्येण परमेण ह ॥

sa tu jñānagarīyastvāttapasaśca samarthanāt | avatasthe mahāprājño dhairyeṇa parameṇa ha

But through the weight of his knowledge and the strength of his austerity, the wise sage held firm with supreme steadiness.

Verse 11 (1.140.11)

यस्तस्य सहसा राजन्विकारः समदृश्यत । तेन सुस्राव रेतोऽस्य स च तन्नान्वबुध्यत ॥

yastasya sahasā rājanvikāraḥ samadṛśyata | tena susrāva reto'sya sa ca tannānvabudhyata

Yet through the agitation that had suddenly come over him, O king, his seed flowed, and he did not notice it.

Verse 12 (1.140.12)

धनुश्च सशरं त्यक्त्वा तथा कृष्णाजिनानि च । स विहायाश्रमं तं च तां चैवाप्सरसं मुनिः ॥

dhanuśca saśaraṃ tyaktvā tathā kṛṣṇājināni ca | sa vihāyāśramaṃ taṃ ca tāṃ caivāpsarasaṃ muniḥ

Leaving behind his bow and arrows and his black antelope skins, the sage abandoned that hermitage and that apsara

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = CE 1.120.12ab. From here to verse 16 Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse behind the critical edition's.

Verse 13 (1.140.13)

जगाम रेतस्तत्तस्य शरस्तम्बे पपात च । शरस्तम्बे च पतितं द्विधा तदभवन्नृप ॥

jagāma retastattasya śarastambe papāta ca | śarastambe ca patitaṃ dvidhā tadabhavannṛpa

went away. His seed fell on a clump of reeds, and having fallen on the reeds it split in two, O king.

Note on the text: = CE 1.120.12cd (which reads papāta ha) + 13ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 14 (1.140.14)

तस्याथ मिथुनं जज्ञे गौतमस्य शरद्वतः । महर्षेर्गौतमस्यास्य ह्याश्रमस्य समीपतः । मृगयां चरतो राज्ञः शान्तनोस्तु यदृच्छया ॥

tasyātha mithunaṃ jajñe gautamasya śaradvataḥ | maharṣergautamasyāsya hyāśramasya samīpataḥ | mṛgayāṃ carato rājñaḥ śāntanostu yadṛcchayā

From it twins were born to Gautama Sharadvan, near the hermitage of that great seer Gautama. Now, as King Shantanu happened to be out hunting,

Note on the text: Corrected मिथुं → मिथुनं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara — the critical edition reads mithunaṃ). Removed the wiki marks (backtick, quote mark and an inner ।।) around the second line. First line = CE 1.120.13cd; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the third = CE 1.120.14ab. Aligned by hand.

Verse 15 (1.140.15)

कश्चित्सेनाचरोऽरण्ये मिथुनं तदपश्यत । धनुश्च सशरं दृष्ट्वा तथा कृष्णाजिनानि च ॥

kaścitsenācaro'raṇye mithunaṃ tadapaśyata | dhanuśca saśaraṃ dṛṣṭvā tathā kṛṣṇājināni ca

one of his soldiers saw the twins in the forest. Seeing too the bow with its arrows and the black antelope skins,

Note on the text: = CE 1.120.14cd + 15ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 16 (1.140.16)

ज्ञात्वा द्विजस्य चापत्ये धनुर्वेदान्तगस्य ह । स राज्ञे दर्शयामास मिथुनं सशरं धनुः ॥

jñātvā dvijasya cāpatye dhanurvedāntagasya ha | sa rājñe darśayāmāsa mithunaṃ saśaraṃ dhanuḥ

and judging them to be the children of a brahmin who had mastered the science of archery, he showed the king the twins and the bow with its arrows.

Note on the text: = CE 1.120.15cd–ef, aligned by hand; the critical edition reads vyavasya brāhmaṇāpatyaṃ for ज्ञात्वा द्विजस्य चापत्ये.

Verse 17 (1.140.17)

स तदादाय मिथुनं राजा च कृपयान्वितः । आजगाम गृहानेव मम पुत्राविति ब्रुवन् ॥

sa tadādāya mithunaṃ rājā ca kṛpayānvitaḥ | ājagāma gṛhāneva mama putrāviti bruvan

The king, moved by compassion, took the twins and went home, saying, "These are my children."

Verse 18 (1.140.18)

ततः संवर्धयामास संस्कारैश्चाप्ययोजयत् । प्रातिपेयो नरश्रेष्ठो मिथुनं गौतमस्य तत् ॥

tataḥ saṃvardhayāmāsa saṃskāraiścāpyayojayat | prātipeyo naraśreṣṭho mithunaṃ gautamasya tat

Then Pratipa's son, best of men, raised Gautama's twins and had the sacraments performed for them.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.120.17ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 19 (1.140.19)

कृपया यन्मया बालाविमौ संवर्धिताविति । तस्मात्तयोर्नाम चक्रे तदेव स महीपतिः । तस्मात्कृप इति ख्यातः कृपी कन्या च साऽभवत् ॥

kṛpayā yanmayā bālāvimau saṃvardhitāviti | tasmāttayornāma cakre tadeva sa mahīpatiḥ | tasmātkṛpa iti khyātaḥ kṛpī kanyā ca sā'bhavat

Reflecting, "I have raised these two children out of compassion (kripa)," the king named them from that very word. So the boy became known as Kripa, and the girl as Kripi.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (backtick, quote mark and an inner ।।) around the third line. The first two lines = CE 1.120.18; the third is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.140.20)

पितापि गौतमस्तत्र तपसा तावविन्दत । आगत्य तस्मै गोत्रादि सर्वमाख्यातवांस्तदा ॥

pitāpi gautamastatra tapasā tāvavindata | āgatya tasmai gotrādi sarvamākhyātavāṃstadā

Their father Gautama, through his austerity, discovered them there; and coming to the king, he told him everything about them, their lineage and the rest.

Note on the text: Corrected ताववन्दित → तावविन्दत (misprint in Wikisource; "avandita" is no verb form here — the critical edition reads tāv avindata, "found the two").

Verse 21 (1.140.21)

कृपोऽपि च तदा राजन्धनुर्वेदपरोऽभवत् । चतुर्विधं धनुर्वेदं शास्त्राणि विविधानि च ॥

kṛpo'pi ca tadā rājandhanurvedaparo'bhavat | caturvidhaṃ dhanurvedaṃ śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca

Kripa too, O king, then gave himself to archery. The fourfold science of archery and various treatises —

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (backtick, quote mark) around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = CE 1.120.20ab (which reads astrāṇi for शास्त्राणि).

Verse 22 (1.140.22)

निखिलेनास्य तत्सर्वं गुह्यमाख्यातवान्पिता । सोऽचिरेणैव कालेन परमाचार्यतां गतः ॥

nikhilenāsya tatsarvaṃ guhyamākhyātavānpitā | so'cireṇaiva kālena paramācāryatāṃ gataḥ

all of it, with its secrets, his father taught him in full; and in a short time he became a teacher of the highest rank.

Note on the text: Corrected निशिलेनास्य → निखिलेनास्य (misprint in Wikisource; श for ख — the critical edition reads nikhilenāsya). = CE 1.120.20cd–ef.

Verse 23 (1.140.23)

कृपमाहूय गाङ्गेयस्तव शिष्या इति ब्रुवन् । पौत्रान्परिसमाधाय कृपमाराधयत्तदा ॥

kṛpamāhūya gāṅgeyastava śiṣyā iti bruvan | pautrānparisamādhāya kṛpamārādhayattadā

Ganga's son Bhishma summoned Kripa and, saying, "They are your pupils," placed his grandsons in his charge and then honoured Kripa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.140.24)

ततोऽधिजग्मुः सर्वे ते धनुर्वेदं महारथाः । धृतराष्ट्रात्मजाश्चैव पाण्डवाः सह यादवैः ॥

tato'dhijagmuḥ sarve te dhanurvedaṃ mahārathāḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāścaiva pāṇḍavāḥ saha yādavaiḥ

Then all those great chariot-warriors learned archery from him: the sons of Dhritarashtra and the Pandavas together with the Yadavas,

Note on the text: = CE 1.120.21ab–cd; the critical edition reads pāṇḍavāś ca mahābalāḥ for पाण्डवाः सह यादवैः.

Verse 25 (1.140.25)

वृष्णयश्च नृपाश्चान्ये नानादेशसमागताः । कृपमाचार्यमासाद्य परमास्त्रज्ञतां गताः । विशेषार्थी ततो भीष्मः पौत्राणां विनयेप्सया ॥

vṛṣṇayaśca nṛpāścānye nānādeśasamāgatāḥ | kṛpamācāryamāsādya paramāstrajñatāṃ gatāḥ | viśeṣārthī tato bhīṣmaḥ pautrāṇāṃ vinayepsayā

the Vrishnis, and other kings who had come from many lands. Having taken Kripa as their teacher, they gained the highest mastery of weapons. Then Bhishma, seeking something more for the training of his grandsons,

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (backtick, quote mark) around the second line, and corrected गतः → गताः (misprint in Wikisource; the verb must agree with the plural subject, the princes of verses 24–25). Wikisource prints a stray "वैशंपायन उवाच" heading before the third line, inside unbroken narration; it is not kept. First line = CE 1.120.21ef; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the third = CE 1.121.1ab. From here to verse 27 Wikisource's verse division runs half a verse ahead of the critical edition's.

Verse 26 (1.140.26)

इष्वस्त्रज्ञान्पर्यपृच्छदाचार्यान्वीर्यसंमतान् । नाल्पधीर्नामहाभागस्तथा नानस्त्रकोविदः ॥

iṣvastrajñānparyapṛcchadācāryānvīryasaṃmatān | nālpadhīrnāmahābhāgastathā nānastrakovidaḥ

inquired after teachers of archery renowned for their prowess. "No one of small understanding, no one lacking greatness, no one unversed in weapons,

Note on the text: = CE 1.121.1cd + 2ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 27 (1.140.27)

नादेवसत्वो विनयेत्कुरूनस्त्रे महाबलान् । इति संचिन्त्य गाङ्गेयस्तदा भरतसत्तमः ॥

nādevasatvo vinayetkurūnastre mahābalān | iti saṃcintya gāṅgeyastadā bharatasattamaḥ

no one without godlike strength could train the mighty Kurus in arms." So reflecting, Ganga's son, best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Corrected महावलान् → महाबलान् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब — the critical edition reads mahābalān). The first line = CE 1.121.2cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 28 (1.140.28)

द्रोणाय वेदविदुषे भारद्वाजाय धीमते । पाण्डवान्कौरवांश्चैव ददौ शिष्यान्नरर्षभ ॥

droṇāya vedaviduṣe bhāradvājāya dhīmate | pāṇḍavānkauravāṃścaiva dadau śiṣyānnararṣabha

gave the Pandavas and the Kauravas as pupils to Drona, the wise son of Bharadvaja, learned in the Vedas, O bull among men.

Note on the text: Corrected धमते → धीमते (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign ी — "dhamate" makes no sense with the datives). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 29 (1.140.29)

शास्त्रतः पूजितश्चैव सम्यक्तेन महात्मना । स भीष्मेण महाभागस्तुष्टोऽस्त्रविदुषां वरः ॥

śāstrataḥ pūjitaścaiva samyaktena mahātmanā | sa bhīṣmeṇa mahābhāgastuṣṭo'straviduṣāṃ varaḥ

Duly honoured, as the scriptures prescribe, by the great-souled Bhishma, the illustrious Drona, foremost of those who know weapons, was pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (1.140.30)

प्रतिजग्राह तान्सर्वाञ्शिष्यत्वेन महायशाः । शिक्षयामास च द्रोणो धनुर्वेदमशेषतः ॥

pratijagrāha tānsarvāñśiṣyatvena mahāyaśāḥ | śikṣayāmāsa ca droṇo dhanurvedamaśeṣataḥ

That man of great fame accepted them all as his pupils, and Drona taught them the science of archery in its entirety.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 31 (1.140.31)

तेऽचिरेणैव कालेन सर्वशस्त्रविशारदाः । बभूवुः कौरवा राजन्पाण्डवाश्चामितौजसः ॥

te'cireṇaiva kālena sarvaśastraviśāradāḥ | babhūvuḥ kauravā rājanpāṇḍavāścāmitaujasaḥ

In a short time, O king, the Kauravas and the Pandavas of boundless energy became skilled in every weapon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 32 (1.140.32)

कथं समभवद्द्रोणः कथं चास्त्राण्यवाप्तवान् । कथं चागात्कुरून्ब्रह्मन्कस्य पुत्रः स वीर्यवान् ॥

kathaṃ samabhavaddroṇaḥ kathaṃ cāstrāṇyavāptavān | kathaṃ cāgātkurūnbrahmankasya putraḥ sa vīryavān

Janamejaya said: "How was Drona born, and how did he obtain his weapons? How did he come to the Kurus, O brahmin, and whose son was that valiant man?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (1.140.33)

कथं चास्य सुतो जातः सोऽश्वत्थामाऽस्त्रवित्तमः । एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण प्रकीर्तय ॥

kathaṃ cāsya suto jātaḥ so'śvatthāmā'stravittamaḥ | etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa prakīrtaya

"And how was his son Ashvatthaman, finest of weapon-knowers, born? This I wish to hear; tell it in detail."

Note on the text: Corrected सोश्वत्थामा → सोऽश्वत्थामा (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha in सः + अश्वत्थामा). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 34 (1.140.34)

गङ्गाद्वारं प्रति महान्बभूव भगवानृषिः । भरद्वाज इति ख्यातः सततं संशितव्रतः ॥

gaṅgādvāraṃ prati mahānbabhūva bhagavānṛṣiḥ | bharadvāja iti khyātaḥ satataṃ saṃśitavrataḥ

Vaishampayana said: Near Gangadvara there lived a great and blessed seer named Bharadvaja, ever firm in his vows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension). The automatic alignment paired it with CE 1.154.1, a close parallel in the later retelling of Drona's birth, not this passage.

Verse 35 (1.140.35)

सोऽभिषेक्तुं गतो गङ्गां पूर्वमेवागतां सतीम् । महर्षिभिर्भरद्वाजो हविर्धाने चरन्पुरा ॥

so'bhiṣektuṃ gato gaṅgāṃ pūrvamevāgatāṃ satīm | maharṣibhirbharadvājo havirdhāne caranpurā

Once, long ago, while engaged in the havirdhana rite together with great seers, Bharadvaja went to bathe in the Ganga, where she had already come before him;

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second is a variant of CE 1.121.3ab (which reads maharṣis tu). Aligned by hand.

Verse 36 (1.140.36)

ददर्शाप्सरसं साक्षाद्घृताचीमाप्लुतामृषिः । रूपयौवनसंपन्नां मददृप्तां मदालसाम् ॥

dadarśāpsarasaṃ sākṣādghṛtācīmāplutāmṛṣiḥ | rūpayauvanasaṃpannāṃ madadṛptāṃ madālasām

and there the seer saw the apsara Ghritachi herself, bathing, rich in beauty and youth, proud and languid with the intoxication of passion.

Note on the text: Corrected धृताचीम् → घृताचीम् (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ — the apsara is Ghritachi, and the critical edition reads ghṛtācīm). The first line = CE 1.121.3cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (1.140.37)

तस्या वायुर्नदीतीरे वसनं पर्यवर्तत । व्यपकृष्टाम्बरां दृष्ट्वा तामृषिश्चकमे ततः ॥

tasyā vāyurnadītīre vasanaṃ paryavartata | vyapakṛṣṭāmbarāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāmṛṣiścakame tataḥ

On the river bank the wind swept her garment aside, and seeing her robe drawn away, the seer then desired her.

Note on the text: Corrected नदीतीर → नदीतीरे (misprint in Wikisource; the locative ending is needed — the parallel CE 1.154.3 reads nadītīre). The first line is a variant of CE 1.121.4ab (which reads vāyuḥ samuddhūto vasanaṃ vyapakarṣata); the second is not in CE 1.121. The automatic alignment paired the verse with CE 1.154.3, a close parallel in the later retelling of Drona's birth.

Verse 38 (1.140.38)

तत्र संसक्तमनसो भरद्वाजस्य धीमतः । हृष्टस्य रेतश्चस्कन्द तदृषिर्द्रोण आदधे ॥

tatra saṃsaktamanaso bharadvājasya dhīmataḥ | hṛṣṭasya retaścaskanda tadṛṣirdroṇa ādadhe

As the mind of wise Bharadvaja became fixed on her, his seed fell from him in his excitement, and the seer placed it in a drona, a sacrificial vessel.

Note on the text: The first line is not in CE 1.121; the second is a variant of CE 1.121.4cd (which reads tato 'sya for हृष्टस्य). The automatic alignment paired the verse with CE 1.154.4, a close parallel in the later retelling of Drona's birth.

Verse 39 (1.140.39)

ततः समभवद्द्रोणः कलशे तस्य धीमतः । अध्यगीष्ट स वेदांश्च वेदाङ्गानि च सर्वशः ॥

tataḥ samabhavaddroṇaḥ kalaśe tasya dhīmataḥ | adhyagīṣṭa sa vedāṃśca vedāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ

From it Drona was born, in that wise man's vessel. He studied the Vedas and all the Vedangas.

Verse 40 (1.140.40)

अग्नेरस्त्रमुपादाय यदृषिर्वेद काश्यपः । अध्यगच्छद्भरद्वाजस्तदस्त्रं देवकार्यतः ॥

agnerastramupādāya yadṛṣirveda kāśyapaḥ | adhyagacchadbharadvājastadastraṃ devakāryataḥ

Bharadvaja had received from Agni the weapon of fire, which the seer Kashyapa knew, and had mastered that weapon for the work of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (1.140.41)

अग्निवेश्यं महाभागं भरद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । प्रत्यपादयदाग्नेयमस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वरः ॥

agniveśyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ bharadvājaḥ pratāpavān | pratyapādayadāgneyamastramastravidāṃ varaḥ

Mighty Bharadvaja, foremost of weapon-knowers, passed on the fire weapon to the illustrious Agniveshya.

Verse 42 (1.140.42)

कनिष्ठजातं स मुनिर्भ्राता भ्रातरमन्तिके । अग्निवेश्यस्तथा द्रोणं तदा भरतसत्तम । भारद्वाजं तदाग्नेयं महास्त्रं प्रत्यपादयत् ॥

kaniṣṭhajātaṃ sa munirbhrātā bhrātaramantike | agniveśyastathā droṇaṃ tadā bharatasattama | bhāradvājaṃ tadāgneyaṃ mahāstraṃ pratyapādayat

Then, O best of the Bharatas, the sage Agniveshya, as an elder brother to the younger-born brother at his side, passed on that great fire weapon to Drona, son of Bharadvaja.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (backtick, quote mark) around the first two lines. The first two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the third = CE 1.121.7cd.

Verse 43 (1.140.43)

भरद्वाजसखा चासीत्पृषतो नाम पार्थिवः । तस्यापि द्रुपदो नाम तथा समभवत्सुतः ॥

bharadvājasakhā cāsītpṛṣato nāma pārthivaḥ | tasyāpi drupado nāma tathā samabhavatsutaḥ

Bharadvaja had a friend, a king named Prishata, and to him too a son was born, named Drupada.

Verse 44 (1.140.44)

स नित्यमाश्रमं गत्वा द्रोणेन सह पार्थिवः । चिक्रीडाध्ययनं चैव चकार क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥

sa nityamāśramaṃ gatvā droṇena saha pārthivaḥ | cikrīḍādhyayanaṃ caiva cakāra kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ

That bull among kshatriyas, the prince, went every day to the hermitage, and played and studied together with Drona.

Verse 45 (1.140.45)

ततो व्यतीते पृषते स राजा द्रुपदोऽभवत् । पञ्चालेषु महाबाहुरुत्तरेषु नरेश्वरः ॥

tato vyatīte pṛṣate sa rājā drupado'bhavat | pañcāleṣu mahābāhuruttareṣu nareśvaraḥ

When Prishata passed away, the mighty-armed Drupada became king, lord of men among the northern Panchalas.

Verse 46 (1.140.46)

भरद्वाजोऽपि भगवानारुरोह दिवं तदा । तत्रैव च वसन्द्रोणस्तपस्तेपे महातपाः ॥

bharadvājo'pi bhagavānāruroha divaṃ tadā | tatraiva ca vasandroṇastapastepe mahātapāḥ

The blessed Bharadvaja too then ascended to heaven, and Drona, living on right there, practised fierce austerities.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.121.11ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (1.140.47)

वेदवेदाङ्गविद्वान्स तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषः । ततः पितृनियुक्तात्मा पुत्रलोभान्महायशाः ॥

vedavedāṅgavidvānsa tapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ | tataḥ pitṛniyuktātmā putralobhānmahāyaśāḥ

Learned in the Vedas and the Vedangas, his sins burnt away by austerity, the illustrious one then, directed by his ancestors and longing for a son,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = CE 1.121.11cd.

Verse 48 (1.140.48)

शारद्वतीं ततो भार्यां कृपीं द्रोणोऽन्वविन्दत । अग्निहोत्रे च धर्मे च दमे च सततं रताम् ॥

śāradvatīṃ tato bhāryāṃ kṛpīṃ droṇo'nvavindata | agnihotre ca dharme ca dame ca satataṃ ratām

Drona took as his wife Kripi, daughter of Sharadvan, ever devoted to the fire rite, to dharma and to self-restraint.

Note on the text: Corrected सतत → सततं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara — the critical edition reads satataṃ). = CE 1.121.11ef + 12ab (which reads ratā), aligned by hand.

Verse 49 (1.140.49)

अलभद्गौतमी पुत्रमश्वत्थामानमेव च । स जातमात्रो व्यनदद्यथैवोच्चैःश्रवा हयः ॥

alabhadgautamī putramaśvatthāmānameva ca | sa jātamātro vyanadadyathaivoccaiḥśravā hayaḥ

And Gautami bore a son, Ashvatthaman. The moment he was born he neighed like the horse Uchchaihshravas.

Note on the text: = CE 1.121.12cd + 13ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 50 (1.140.50)

तच्छ्रुत्वान्तर्हितं भूतमन्तरिक्षस्थमब्रवीत् । अश्वस्येवास्य यत्स्थाम नदतः प्रदिशो गतम् ॥

tacchrutvāntarhitaṃ bhūtamantarikṣasthamabravīt | aśvasyevāsya yatsthāma nadataḥ pradiśo gatam

Hearing it, an unseen being standing in the sky said: "Since the might (sthaman) of this child, neighing like a horse (ashva), has gone out to all the quarters,

Note on the text: = CE 1.121.13cd + 14ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 51 (1.140.51)

अश्वत्थामैव बालोऽयं तस्मान्नाम्ना भविष्यति । सुतेन तेन सुप्रीतो भारद्वाजस्ततोऽभवत् ॥

aśvatthāmaiva bālo'yaṃ tasmānnāmnā bhaviṣyati | sutena tena suprīto bhāradvājastato'bhavat

this boy shall be known by the name Ashvatthaman." Bharadvaja's son was overjoyed at that son.

Note on the text: = CE 1.121.14cd + 15ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 52 (1.140.52)

तत्रैव च वसन्धीमान्धनुर्वेदपरोऽभवत् । स शुश्राव महात्मानं जामदग्न्यं परंतपम् ॥

tatraiva ca vasandhīmāndhanurvedaparo'bhavat | sa śuśrāva mahātmānaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ paraṃtapam

Living on right there, the wise man devoted himself to archery. He heard of the great-souled son of Jamadagni, the scorcher of foes,

Note on the text: = CE 1.121.15cd + 16ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 53 (1.140.53)

सर्वज्ञानविदं विप्रं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तदा राजन्दित्सन्तं वसु सर्वशः ॥

sarvajñānavidaṃ vipraṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam | brāhmaṇebhyastadā rājanditsantaṃ vasu sarvaśaḥ

a brahmin who knew every branch of knowledge, the best of all who bear arms, who, O king, was then wishing to give away all his wealth to brahmins.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = CE 1.121.16cd.

Verse 54 (1.140.54)

स रामस्य धनुर्वेदं दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चैव ह । श्रुत्वा तेषु मनश्चक्रे नीतिशास्त्रे तथैव च ॥

sa rāmasya dhanurvedaṃ divyānyastrāṇi caiva ha | śrutvā teṣu manaścakre nītiśāstre tathaiva ca

Having heard of Rama's science of archery and of his celestial weapons, he set his heart on them, and likewise on the science of statecraft.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रउत्वा → श्रुत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; an independent उ in place of the vowel sign ु). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 55 (1.140.55)

ततः स व्रतिभिः शिष्यैस्तपोयुक्तैर्महातपाः । वृतः प्रायान्महाबाहुर्महेन्द्रं पर्वतोत्तमम् ॥

tataḥ sa vratibhiḥ śiṣyaistapoyuktairmahātapāḥ | vṛtaḥ prāyānmahābāhurmahendraṃ parvatottamam

Then that mighty-armed man of great austerity, surrounded by disciples who kept vows and practised austerities, set out for Mahendra, the best of mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected महावाहुः → महाबाहुः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 56 (1.140.56)

ततो महेन्द्रमासाद्य भारद्वाजो महातपाः । क्षत्रघ्नं तममित्रघ्नमपश्यद्भृगुनन्दनम् ॥

tato mahendramāsādya bhāradvājo mahātapāḥ | kṣatraghnaṃ tamamitraghnamapaśyadbhṛgunandanam

Reaching Mahendra, Bharadvaja's son of great austerity saw the delight of the Bhrigus, the slayer of kshatriyas, the slayer of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 57 (1.140.57)

ततो द्रोणो वृतः शिष्यैरुपगम्य भृगूद्वहम् । आचख्यावात्मनो नाम जन्म चाङ्गिरसः कुले ॥

tato droṇo vṛtaḥ śiṣyairupagamya bhṛgūdvaham | ācakhyāvātmano nāma janma cāṅgirasaḥ kule

Then Drona, with his disciples around him, approached that foremost of the Bhrigus and told him his name and his birth in the line of Angiras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 58 (1.140.58)

निवेद्य शिरसा भूमौ पादौ चैवाभ्यवादयत् । ततस्तं सर्वमुत्सृज्य वनं जिगमिषुं तदा ॥

nivedya śirasā bhūmau pādau caivābhyavādayat | tatastaṃ sarvamutsṛjya vanaṃ jigamiṣuṃ tadā

Having announced himself, he bowed his head to the ground and touched his feet in salutation. Then, to the great-souled son of Jamadagni, who had given up everything and was about to leave for the forest,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Its second line loosely parallels CE 1.121.17a (vanaṃ tu prasthitaṃ rāmaṃ).

Verse 59 (1.140.59)

जामदग्न्यं महात्मानं भारद्वाजोऽब्रवीदिदम् । भरद्वाजात्समुत्पन्नं तथा त्वं मामयोनिजम् ॥

jāmadagnyaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhāradvājo'bravīdidam | bharadvājātsamutpannaṃ tathā tvaṃ māmayonijam

Bharadvaja's son spoke these words: "As one sprung from Bharadvaja, and not born of a womb,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Its first line loosely parallels CE 1.121.17ab.

Verse 60 (1.140.60)

आगतं वित्तकामं मां विद्धि द्रोणं द्विजोत्तम । तमब्रवीन्महात्मा स सर्वक्षत्रियमर्दनः ॥

āgataṃ vittakāmaṃ māṃ viddhi droṇaṃ dvijottama | tamabravīnmahātmā sa sarvakṣatriyamardanaḥ

know me, best of the twice-born, to be Drona, come here in search of wealth." The great-souled one, the crusher of all kshatriyas, said to him:

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.121.17cd (which reads dvijarṣabham); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 61 (1.140.61)

स्वागतं ते द्विजश्रेष्ठ यदिच्छसि वदस्व मे । एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण भारद्वाजोऽब्रवीद्वचः ॥

svāgataṃ te dvijaśreṣṭha yadicchasi vadasva me | evamuktastu rāmeṇa bhāradvājo'bravīdvacaḥ

"Welcome to you, best of the twice-born. Tell me what you desire." Thus addressed by Rama, Bharadvaja's son spoke these words

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 62 (1.140.62)

रामं प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठं दित्सन्तं विविधं वसु । अहं धनमनन्तं हि प्रार्थये विपुलव्रत ॥

rāmaṃ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ ditsantaṃ vividhaṃ vasu | ahaṃ dhanamanantaṃ hi prārthaye vipulavrata

to Rama, best of warriors, who wished to give away wealth of every kind: "I ask for wealth without end, O you of mighty vows."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 63 (1.140.63)

हिरण्यं मम यच्चान्यद्वसु किंचिदिह स्थितम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो मया दत्तं सर्वमेतत्तपोधन ॥

hiraṇyaṃ mama yaccānyadvasu kiṃcidiha sthitam | brāhmaṇebhyo mayā dattaṃ sarvametattapodhana

Rama said: "The gold and whatever other wealth I had here, ascetic, I have given it all to brahmins.

Verse 64 (1.140.64)

तथैवेयं धरा देवी सागरान्ता सपत्तना । कश्यपाय मया दत्ता कृत्स्ना नगरमालिनी ॥

tathaiveyaṃ dharā devī sāgarāntā sapattanā | kaśyapāya mayā dattā kṛtsnā nagaramālinī

"And this goddess Earth too, bounded by the ocean, with her towns and her garland of cities, I have given in her entirety to Kashyapa.

Verse 65 (1.140.65)

शरीरमात्रमेवाद्य ममेदमवशेषितम् । अस्त्राणि च महार्हाणि शस्त्राणि विविधानि च ॥

śarīramātramevādya mamedamavaśeṣitam | astrāṇi ca mahārhāṇi śastrāṇi vividhāni ca

"Only this body of mine is left to me now, along with my precious divine weapons and arms of many kinds.

Note on the text: = CE 1.121.20ab–cd (the critical edition reads mayedam for ममेदम्).

Verse 66 (1.140.66)

अस्त्राणि वा शरीरं वा ब्रह्मञ्शस्त्राणि वा पुनः । वृणीष्व किं प्रयच्छामि तुभ्यं द्रोण वदाशु तत् ॥

astrāṇi vā śarīraṃ vā brahmañśastrāṇi vā punaḥ | vṛṇīṣva kiṃ prayacchāmi tubhyaṃ droṇa vadāśu tat

"The divine weapons, or my body, or my arms, brahmin: choose. What shall I give you, Drona? Tell me quickly."

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = CE 1.121.20ef.

Verse 67 (1.140.67)

अस्त्राणि मे समग्राणि ससंहाराणि भार्गव । सप्रयोगरहस्यानि दातुमर्हस्यशेषतः ॥

astrāṇi me samagrāṇi sasaṃhārāṇi bhārgava | saprayogarahasyāni dātumarhasyaśeṣataḥ

Drona said: "O Bhargava, you should give me all your divine weapons, every one of them, together with the means of withdrawing them and the secrets of their use.

Note on the text: Corrected स प्रयोगरहस्यानि → सप्रयोगरहस्यानि (spacing slip in Wikisource; the prefix स- belongs to the compound, as the critical edition's saprayogarahasyāni shows).

Verse 68 (1.140.68)

एतद्वसु वसूनां हि सर्वेषां विप्रसत्तम । तथेत्युक्त्वा ततस्तस्मै प्रादादस्त्राणि भार्गवः । सरहस्यव्रतं चैव धनुर्वेदमशेषतः ॥

etadvasu vasūnāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ viprasattama | tathetyuktvā tatastasmai prādādastrāṇi bhārgavaḥ | sarahasyavrataṃ caiva dhanurvedamaśeṣataḥ

"For this, best of brahmins, is the wealth above all wealth." Saying "So be it," Bhargava then gave him the weapons, and the whole science of archery with its secrets and its vows.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (backtick, quote mark) around the first line. The first line, which closes Drona's request, is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third = CE 1.121.22. Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the verse ends in narration, which Wikisource carries on under Drona's heading.

Verse 69 (1.140.69)

प्रतिगृह्य तु तत्सर्वं कृतास्त्रो द्विजसत्तमः । प्रियं सखायं सुप्रीतो जगाम द्रुपदं प्रति ॥

pratigṛhya tu tatsarvaṃ kṛtāstro dvijasattamaḥ | priyaṃ sakhāyaṃ suprīto jagāma drupadaṃ prati

Having received all of it and become a master of weapons, that best of brahmins, greatly pleased, went to his dear friend Drupada.

Note on the text: Corrected कृतास्त्रे → कृतास्त्रो (misprint in Wikisource; the adjective qualifies the nominative द्विजसत्तमः — the critical edition reads kṛtāstro). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carries Drona's heading over).